The 5K route
wound through downtown, beginning on Tallapoosa Street in front of the
Renaissance Montgomery Hotel and ended on Commerce Street near the Alley
Station entrance.

Hundreds of
people walked and ran the course in support of loved ones or to support the Joy
to Life Foundation's goal of providing mammogram's to medically underserved
women in Alabama.

The walk is
not a competition, although some runners finished in no time. Michael Green,
assistant professor of exercise science at Troy University, was the first to
complete the course with a time of 17:03.

"I practice
what I preach," Green said.

The second
to finish was Kaci McDermott, an assistant coach of the Troy University cross
country team, with a time of 18:53.

There was a
post-event party in Riverfront Park with vendors and music from the Trimm Band.

In a
dramatic turn, the Arizona Skyhawks dropped into the park, but one paratrooper
undershot her landing and crashed into a vendor tent. Officials said the
skydiver was OK, but was taken to be checked out by doctors.

Video of the Joy to Life Foundation's Walk of Life:

Joy to Life Foundation's Walk of LifeThe Joy to Life Foundation hosted it's 11th annual Walk of Life in downtown Montgomery April 21, 2012. Participants ran and walked the course as a fund-raiser for the foundation, which provides mammograms for medically underserved women in Alabama. (Natalie Wade, al.com)